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THE GREAT WITHIN 



By 
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON 



New York 

THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY 

Publishers 



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Copyright 1907 

by 

C D. LARSON 



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Printed in the United States or America 



The Great Within 




£HE mind of man is conscious 
and subconscious, objective 
and subjective, external and 
internal. 

The conscious mind acts, 
the subconscious reacts; the conscious 
mind produces the impression, the sub- 
conscious produces the expression; the 
conscious mind determines what is to be 
done, the subconscious supplies the mental 
material and the necessary power. 

The subconscious mind is the great 
within — an inner mental world from which 
all things proceed that appear in the being 
of man. 

The conscious mind is the mind of action, 
the subconscious mind is the mind of re- 
action, but every subconscious reaction 
is invariably the direct result of a cor- 
responding conscious action. 

Every conscious action produces an 
impression upon the subconscious and 
every subconscious reaction produces an 
expression in the personality. 



Everything that is expressed through 
the personality was first impressed upon 
the subconscious, and since the conscious 
mind may impress anything upon the sub- 
conscious, any desired expression may be 
secured, because the subconscious will 
invariably do what it is directed and im- 
pressed to do. 

The subconscious mind is a rich mental 
field; every conscious impression is a seed 
sown in this field, and will bear fruit after 
its kind, be the seed good or otherwise. 

All thoughts of conviction and all deeply 
felt desires will impress themselves upon 
the subconscious and will reproduce then- 
kind, to be later expressed in the personal 
being of man. 

Every desire for power, ability, wisdom, 
harmony, joy, health, purity, life, great- 
ness, will impress itself upon the subcon- 
scious, and will cause the thing desired to 
be produced in the great within, the quality 
and the quantity depending upon the 
depth of the desire and the conscious reali- 
zation of the true idea conveyed by the 
desire. 

What is produced in the within will 
invariably come forth into expression in 
the personality; therefore, by knowing how 
to impress the subconscious, man may give 
his personal self any quality desired, and 
in any quantity desired. 



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Personal power, physical health, mental 
brilliancy, remarkable ability, extraordin- 
ary talent, rare genius — these are attain- 
ments that the subconscious of every mind 
can readily produce and bring forth when 
properly directed and impressed. 

The subconscious mind obeys absolutely 
the desires of the conscious mind, and since 
the subconscious is limitless, it can do fof 
man whatever he may desire to have done. 

What man may desire to become, that 
he can become, and the art of directing 
and impressing the subconscious is the 
secret. 

Unlimited possibilities do exist in the 
subconscious of every mind, and since 
these possibilities can all be developed, 
there is no end to the attainments and 
achievements of man. 

Nothing is impossible; the great within 
is limitless — the inexhaustible source of 
everything that may be required for the 
highest development and the greatest ac- 
complishments in human life, and what- 
ever we may direct the within to produce, 
the same will invariably be produced. 



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\0 properly direct and impress 
the subconscious, the first es- 
sential is to realize that the 
subconscious mind is a finer 
mentality that permeates every 
fibre of the entire personality. Though the 
subconscious can be impressed most di- 
rectly through the brain-center, the vol- 
ume of subconscious expression will in- 
crease in proportion to our conscious 
realization of subconscious life in every 
part of mind and body. 

To concentrate attention frequently upon 
the subconscious side of the entire person- 
ality will steadily awaken the great within; 
this will cause one to feel that a new and 
superior being is beginning to unfold, and 
with that feeling comes the conviction that 
unbounded power does exist in the deeper 
life of man. 

When the awakening of the subcon- 
scious is felt in every part of mind and 
body, one knows that anything may be 
attained and achieved; doubts disappear 
absolutely, because to feel the limitless is 
to believe in the limitless. 

While impressing the subconscious, at- 
tention should be directed upon the inside 
of mind, and this is readily done while 



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one thinks that the subconscious mentality 
permeates the personality, as water per- 
meates a sponge. 

Think of the interior essence that per- 
meates the exterior substance, and cause 
all mental actions to move toward the 
finer mental life that lives and moves and 
has its being within the interior mind. 
This will cause the conscious action to 
impress itself directly upon the subcon- 
scious, and a corresponding reaction or 
expression will invariably follow. 

While directing attention upon the sub- 
conscious, the idea that is to be impressed 
should be clearly discerned in mind and an 
effort should be made to feel the soul of 
that idea. 

To mentally feel the soul of the idea will 
completely eliminate the mechanical ten- 
dency of mental action, and this is extreme- 
ly important because no mechanical action 
of mind can impress the subconscious. 

Perfect faith in the process is indispensa- 
ble, and to inwardly know that results will 
be secured is to cause failure to become 
impossible. 

The deeper and higher the attitude of 
faith while the subconscious is being 
impressed, the more deeply will the impres- 
sion be made, and the deep impression not 
only enters the richest states of the sub- 
conscious, but always produces results. 



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The attitude of faith takes the mind into 
the superior, the limitless, the soul of 
things, and this is precisely what is wanted. 

When the mind transcends the objective 
it enters into the subjective, and to enter 
into the subjective is to impress one's 
ideas and desires directly, deeply and com- 
pletely upon the great within. Such 
impressions will invariably produce re- 
markable expressions, not only because 
they have entered more deeply into the 
subconscious, but also because every im- 
pression that is made in the attitude of 
faith is given superior quality, greater 
power and higher worth. 

The subconscious should never be ap- 
proached in the attitude of command or 
demand, but always in the attitude of 
faith and desire. Never command the 
subconscious to do thus or so, but desire 
with a deep, strong desire, that the sub- 
conscious do what you desire to have 
done, and animate that desire with the 
faith that it positively will be done. 

To combine a high faith with a strong 
desire while impressing the subconscious 
is the secret through which results may 
invariably be secured. 

The subconscious should never be force- 
fully aroused, but should be gradually 
awakened and developed through such 



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actions of mind as are deep and strong 
while perfectly serene. 

Deep thoughts on all important subjects, 
lofty aspirations on all occasions, and a 
constantly expanding consciousness will 
aid remarkably in awakening the great 
within. 

Whenever attention is directed upon the 
subconscious, an effort should be made to 
expand consciousness by picturing upon 
mind the expanding process while the 
deeper feeling of thought is placing itself 
in touch with the universal; a strong, deep 
desire for greater things should be impressed 
upon the inner mentality, and a deep still- 
ness should animate every action of mind. 

The inner side of mind should always 
be acted upon peacefully, though not with 
that peacefulness that has a tendency to 
produce inaction, but with that peaceful- 
ness that produces a high, strong action 
that continues to act in serenity and poise. 

To concentrate a strong, deeply felt, 
well poised mental action upon the entire 
subconscious mentality a number of times 
every day will, in a remarkably short time, 
develop the great within to such an extent 
that the mind will inwardly know that 
unlimited power and innumerable possibil- 
ities have been placed at its command, 
and when this realization comes the mind 
may go on to any attainment and any 



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achievement; failure will be simply impos- 
sible. 

When the development of the subcon- 
scious has been promoted to a degree the 
conscious mind will instinctively feel that 
failure is impossible, and will, consequently, 
leave results to the law. There will be no 
anxiety about results because to feel the 
presence of subconscious action is to know 
that results must follow when the subcon- 
scious is properly directed and impressed. 

Perfect faith in the law that the subcon- 
scious will invariably do whatever it is 
impressed to do will eliminate anxiety 
completely, and this is extremely important, 
because the subconscious mind cannot 
proceed to do what it has been impressed 
to do so long as there is anxiety in the 
conscious mind. 

Provide the proper conditions and the 
law will positively produce the desired 
results, and to inwardly know this is the 
first essential in providing the proper con- 
ditions. 

The subconscious mind is somewhat 
similar to the phonograph; under certain 
conditions it can record anything, and 
under certain other conditions it can 
reproduce everything that has been recorded. 
There is this difference, however: The sub- 
conscious not only reproduces exactly 
what has been recorded, but will also form, 



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create, develop and express what mind 
may desire when the impression is being 
made; that is, the subconscious not only 
reproduces the seed itself, but as many 
more seeds as the original seed desired to 
reproduce, and also the exact degree of 
improvement in quality that was latent in 
the desire of the original seed or impres- 
sion. 

The subconscious not only reproduces 
the mental idea contained in the impres- 
sion, but also every essential that may be 
required to fulfill the desire of that im- 
pression. 

Through this law the subconscious can 
find the answer to any question or work 
out any problem when properly impressed 
with an exact idea of what is wanted. 




|HE subconscious provides the 
essentials, but the conscious 
mind must apply those essen- 
tials before practical results 
may be secured. 

When the subconscious is directed to 
produce health, those mental actions will 
be expressed that can produce health in 
the body when combined with normal 
physical actions, and it is the conscious 
mind that must produce the normal phys- 
ical actions; that is, common sense living. 

When the subconscious is directed to 
produce success, those elements, qualities 
and powers will be expressed in mind and 
body that can, if consciously applied, pro- 
duce success. 

That the subconscious can do anything 
is absolutely tine, but it is true in this 
sense, that it can supply the power, the 
capacity and the understanding to do any- 
thing, but the conscious mind must prac- 
tically apply what the subconscious has 
brought forth into expression. 

The subconscious supplies the power 
and the mental elements, but these must 
be used by the conscious mind if the 
desired results are to be secured. Nothing 
comes ready-made from the subconscious, 



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but it can give us the material from which 
we can make anything. 

The subconscious can give you the 
powers and qualities of genius, and if you 
apply, practically and constantly, those 
powers and qualities, you will become a 
genius. 

The subconscious can give you the life 
and the power that is necessary to remark- 
able talents, and if you use that life and 
power in the daily cultivation of your 
talents, those talents will become remarka- 
ble. 

The law is that the conscious mind must 
impress its desires upon the subconscious 
in order to secure the mental essentials 
that may be required to fulfill those desires, 
but the conscious mind must use those 
essentials before results can be secured. 

It is the conscious mind that does things, 
but it is the subconscious that supplies the 
power with which those things are done, 
and by learning to draw upon the subcon- 
scious the conscious mind can do anything, 
because unbounded power and innumer- 
able possibilities are latent in the great 
within. 

The proper conditions for recording an 
impression upon the subconscious are deep 
feeling, strong desires, conscious interest 
and a living faith. When these are 
blended harmoniously in the conscious 



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actions of mind the subconscious will be 
directed and impressed properly and the 
desired response will invariably appear. 

The principal essential, however, is deep 
feeling; no idea or desire can enter the 
subconscious unless it is deeply felt, and 
every idea or desire that is deeply felt will 
enter the subconscious of itself, whether 
or not we desire to have it do so. 

It is through this law that man is affected 
by his environments, surroundings and 
external conditions, because whenever he 
permits himself to be deeply impressed 
by that with which he may come in contact 
those impressions will enter the subcon- 
scious. 

What enters the subconscious of any 
mind will become a part of that mind, and 
will, to a degree, affect the nature, the 
character, the quality, the thoughts and 
the actions of that mind. 

When the subconscious is impressed by 
external conditions the impressions will be 
like those conditions and, as like produces 
like, conditions will be produced in the 
subconscious that are exactly like those 
external conditions from which the impres- 
sions came* 

The individual, therefore, who permits 
his subconscious to be indiscriminately 
impressed by external conditions will think 
and act, more or less, as his environments 



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may suggest. In many respects his life 
will be controlled completely by those 
persons and things with which he may 
come in contact, while in nearly all other 
respects his life will be greatly modified 
by the presence of those persons and 
things. 

The mind that does not control its feel- 
ings may be subconsciously impressed by 
any external action, be that action good or 
otherwise, while the mind that can give 
deep feeling to any idea can impress any 
idea upon the subconscious, and as the 
whole of the individual life is determined 
by what the subconscious is directed or 
impressed to do, the former will become, 
more or less, like his environment, having 
control neither of himself nor his destiny; 
the latter, however, may become what he 
wants to become and will master both 
himself and his destiny. 

No undesirable feeling should ever be 
permitted ; no wrong idea should ever be 
given in thought; nor should one ever 
think seriously, feelingly or sympathetic- 
ally about wrong or evil in any shape or 
form. 

To think feelingly about wrong is to im- 
press wrong upon the subconscious ; it is to 
sow undesirable seeds in the garden of the 
mind, and a harvest of weeds — sickness, 
trouble and want, will be the result. 



Good thoughts, deeply felt, will bring 
health, happiness, harmony, peace, power, 
ability and character. Wrong thoughts, 
deeply felt, will bring discord, depression, 
fear, sickness, weakness and failure. 

To properly impress the subconscious 
at all times, it is therefore necessary to 
train the mind to think only of those 
things that one desires to realize and 
express in tangible life; and what one does 
not wish to meet in personal experience 
should never be given a single moment of 
thought. 

What we mentally feel we invariably 
impress upon the subconscious, and there 
is a tendency to mentally feel every thought 
that is given prolonged or serious atten- 
tion. 

To think about that which we do not 
want, is to impress upon the subconscious 
what we do not wish to impress; and as 
every impression produces a corresponding 
expression, we will thereby receive the 
very things we desire to avoid. 

It is through this law that what we fear 
always comes upon us, because what we 
fear will impress itself upon the subcon- 
scious without fail. 

To fear disease, failure or trouble is to 
sow seeds in the subconscious field that 
will bring forth a harvest of diseased con- 
ditions, troubled thoughts, confused mental 



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states and misdirected actions in mind and 
body. 

The more intense the fear the deeper the 
subconscious impression, and the more we 
shall receive of that which we feared we 
should receive. 

Through the same law we always re- 
ceive what we continue to expect in the 
desire of the deep, strong faith. The more 
faith we have in the realization and attain- 
ment of that which has quality, superiority 
and worth, the more deeply we impress the 
subconscious with those mental seeds that 
can and will bring forth the greater good 
that we desire. 

To have faith in the attainment of 
peace, harmony, health, power, ability, 
talent and genius, while directing the sub- 
conscious to produce those things, is to 
cause those very things to be created 
within us in greater and greater measure. 




|HE purpose of consciously and 
intelligently directing the sub- 
conscious is first, to correct 
every wrong, every flaw, every 
defect, every perversion, and 
every imperfect condition that may exist 
in the personality of man; and, second, to 
bring out into fuller expression the limit- 
less possibilities that exist in the great 
within. 

Everything that is wrong in the personal 
life of the individual comes from a cor- 
responding wrong impression in the sub- 
conscious; the wrong subconscious im- 
pression is the cause, the wrong external 
condition is the effect; it is therefore 
evident that to remove all wrong impres- 
sions from the subconscious is to establish 
complete emancipation throughout the en- 
tire personal being of man. 

To remove any wrong impression from 
the subconscious, the opposite correct 
impression must be made in its place. A 
wrong impression cannot be removed by 
mental force, resistance or denial; produce 
the right impression and the wrong impres- 
sion will cease to exist. 

By training the mind to think only of 
that which is desired in actual realization 



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and experience, and by deeply impressing 
all those thoughts and desires upon the 
subconscious, every undesirable impression 
will be removed; the cause of every flaw, 
defect or perversion in the personal man 
will be removed, and in consequence, the 
flaws, defects, and perversions themselves 
will cease to exist. 

The entire subconscious field can be 
changed absolutely by constantly causing 
new and superior impressions to be formed 
in the great within; and every change that 
is brought about in the subconscious will 
produce a corresponding change in mind 
and body. 

There is nothing adverse in the men- 
tality or the personality of man that cannot 
be corrected by causing the correct impres- 
sion to be formed in the subconscious. 
All wrongs, flaws or defects, whether they 
be hereditary, or personally produced, can 
be removed completely through the intel- 
ligent direction of the subconscious. 

Every impression that is properly made 
in the subconscious mind will produce a 
corresponding expression in the personality; 
that is the law, and it cannot fail; but the 
impression must be properly made. 

The subconscious does not respond to 
mere commands, because it neither rea- 
sons nor discriminates; it does not obey 
what it is told to do, but what it is im- 



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pressed to do. It is the idea that enters 
into the subconscious that determines 
subconscious action; but the idea must 
not simply be given to the subconscious, 
it must enter into the subconscious. 

The idea that predominates in mind 
while the subconscious is being directed, 
is the idea that will be impressed; there- 
fore, negative desires will impress the sub- 
conscious to do the very opposite to what 
is desired by the desire. 

To direct the subconscious to remove 
sickness is to impress the idea of sickness, 
because the mind thinks principally of 
sickness at the time; in consequence, 
more sickness will be produced. 

It is not what the subconscious is di- 
rected to do, but the predominant thought 
that is conveyed through that direction 
that determines results; therefore, the pre- 
dominant thought must be identical with 
the final results desired. 

When health is desired, no thought 
whatever should be given to sickness; the 
subconscious should not be directed to 
remove sickness, but should be directed to 
produce health. 

The subconscious should always be 
directed to produce those qualities and 
conditions that are desired, but those con- 
ditions that are to be removed should never 
be mentioned in mind. Adverse condi- 



tions will disappear of themselves When 
true conditions are established; but the 
mind cannot impress, create and establish 
the true while attention is being concen- 
trated upon the adverse. 

To direct the subconscious not to do 
thus or so, is to impress the subconscious 
to do that very thing. When you try to 
impress the subconscious with the idea 
that you do not wish to get sick any 
more you have sickness in mind, and it 
is the idea that you have in mind that 
you impress upon the subconscious. 

To remove sickness forget sickness abso- 
lutely, and impress upon the subconscious 
the idea of health, and that idea alone. 
Desire health with all the power of mind, 
and fill both sides of mentality, conscious 
and subconscious, so completely with that 
desire that every thought of sickness is 
forgotten. 

A denial will impress upon the subcon- 
scious the nature and the power of the 
very thing that is denied; therefore, to 
deny evil or resist evil is to produce causes 
in mind that will, in the coming days, 
produce more evil. 

To try to deny away adverse conditions 
is to continue in perpetual mental warfare 
with those very things that mind is trying 
to destroy. Temporary states of seeming 
freedom in some parts of the system will 



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be followed regularly with outbreaks of 
adversity in other parts; while the sub- 
conscious cause of undesirable conditions 
in mind or body will not be removed. 

So long as we continue to resist or deny 
evil, we will think about evil, and so long 
as we think about evil, evil will be im- 
pressed upon the subconscious; and what- 
ever we impress upon the subconscious, 
that the subconscious will reproduce and 
bring forth into the personal life. 

When we have a great undertaking that 
we wish to promote, and desire to secure 
as much added power, ability and capacity 
as possible from the great within, the sub- 
conscious should not be directed to prevent 
failure. To think of failure is to impress 
the subconscious with the idea of failure, 
and detrimental conditions — conditions 
that will confuse the mind and produce 
failure — will be expressed. 

All thought of failure should be elimi- 
nated, and the subconscious should be 
deeply impressed to produce success. The 
subconscious will respond by bringing 
forth the power, the capacity, the ability, 
the understanding and the determination 
that can and will produce success. 




jjHEN properly directed, the sub- 
conscious mind can inspire 
the conscious mind to do the 
right thing at the right time, 
to take advantage of oppor- 
tunities during the psychological moment, 
and to so deal with circumstances that all 
things will work together to promote the 
object in view. It is, therefore, evident 
that when the subconscious is trained to 
work in harmony with the objects and 
desires of the conscious mind, failure 
becomes impossible, and success in greater 
and greater measures may be secured by 
anyone. 

When trying to remove undesirable 
habits, tendencies or desires, the mind 
should never think, "I shall not do this 
any more," because through such a thought 
or statement, the habit in mind will be 
reimpressed upon the subconscious and 
will gain a deeper foothold in the system 
than it had before. 

The proper course to pursue is to forget 
completely what you desire to remove; 
refuse to think of it; when tempted to think 
of the matter turn attention upon the 
opposite qualities, desires or tendencies. 
Should you fail to become sufficiently 



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interested in those opposite desires to forget 
what you want to forget, look for the most 
interesting points of view connected with 
those desires. The mental effort em- 
ployed in trying to find the most interesting 
point of view connected with those desires 
will cause the mind to become thoroughly 
interested in those desires, and will, con- 
sequently, forget those things that should 
be forgotten. 

While the mind is being interested in 
those desires that you wish to cultivate, 
they should be impressed upon the sub- 
conscious with all the depth of feeling that 
can possibly be aroused. These impres- 
sions should be repeated a number of times 
every day, and the new desires will soon 
take root in the subconscious. 

Every desire or tendency that takes root 
in the subconscious will begin to develop 
and express itself in the personal self, and 
will be felt throughout the personality. 
When the new desire is fully expressed, it 
will be thoroughly felt; and since no two 
desires of opposite nature can exist in the 
person at the same time, the old desires 
will disappear; the old tendencies and the 
old habits will have vanished completely. 

To impress upon the subconscious a 
strong desire for the better, the purer and 
the superior, is to cause the system to crave 
something better; the force of desire will 



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be refined; the entire organism will be 
purified, and the wants of the personal self 
will become normal on a higher plane. 

All kinds of undesirable habits may be 
removed by constantly impressing upon 
the subconscious the idea of pure desire; 
and all tendencies to anger, hatred and 
similar states, may be removed by causing 
the qualities of love, kindness, justice and 
sympathy to be more fully developed in the 
great within. 

To remove fear and worry, impress the 
subconscious, as frequently as possible, 
with the deep feeling of faith, gratitude 
and mental sunshine. 

To have faith is to know that man has 
the power to perpetually increase the good, 
and that he may constantly press on to 
better things and greater things. To have 
faith is to be guided by superior mental 
lucidity, and thereby know how to select 
what is sale 'and secure ; and he who knows 
that he is on the safe path, the ascending 
path, the endless path to better things and 
greater things, has eliminated fear abso- 
lutely. 

To live constantly in the spirit of grati- 
tude is not only to remove worry, but the 
cause of worry. To be grateful for the 
good that is now coming into life is to open 
the way for the coming of greater good. 
This is the law; and he who is daily receiv- 



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ing the greater good, has no cause for 
worry; he will even forget that worry ever 
had a place in his mind. 

To constantly impress the subconscious 
with mental sunshine, is to establish the 
tendency to live on the bright side, the 
sunny side; and to live on the bright side 
is to increase your own brightness; your 
mind will become more brilliant, your 
thinking will have more lucidity and clear- 
ness, your nature will have more sweetness, 
your personality will be in more perfect 
harmony with everything, your life will 
be better, your work will be better — every- 
thing will be better; therefore, by living 
on the bright side, ail things will steadily 
become better and brighter for you. 

When all is dark, and everything seems 
to go wrong, arouse all your energies for 
the purpose of impressing and directing 
the subconscious to produce the change 
you desire. Give the deepest possible feel- 
ing to those impressions, and have stronger 
faith than you ever had before. 

Continue persistently until the great 
within begins to respond; you will then 
feel from within how to act, and you will 
be given the power to do what you feel 
you should do. Ere long, things will take 
a turn; the threatened calamity will be 
avoided by the coming forth of that power 
within that is greater than all adversities, 



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all troubles, all wrongs; and instead, this 
power, having been awakened, will proceed 
to create a better future than you ever 
knew before. 




^HILE the subconscious is being 
impressed, no thought what- 
ever should be given to lim- 
itation, and no comparisons 
should be made with other 
persons or previous attainments. 

To think that you wish to do better 
to-day than you did yesterday, is to give 
the subconscious two unrelated ideas upon 
which to act — the idea of the lesser achieve- 
ment of the past and the idea of the greater 
achievement of the future. The subcon- 
scious will try to reproduce them both, but 
as they are antagonistic, they will neu- 
tralize each other, and there will be no 
results. The greatei and the lesser cannot 
be produced by the same force at the same 
time. 

To impress the desire that you may 
become greater than anyone else, will also 
present to the subconscious two conflicting 
ideas; and the results again will be neu- 
tralized. 

The course to pursue is to forget the 
lesser achie\ements of yesterday; think 
only of the greater achievements that you 
wish to promote to-day; then direct the 
subconscious to do to-day what you wish to 
have done to-day. This will cause the great 



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within to give all its power and attention 
to the one idea — the greater achievement 
of to-day; and the greater achievement 
will positively follow. 

Know what you desire to become; 
resolve to become what you desire to 
become, whether others have reached those 
heights or not; forget the lesser heights 
that others have reached and give your 
whole mind and soul to the greater heights 
that you have resolved to reach. 

You can become what you desire to 
become; the great within is limitless, and 
can give you all the wisdom and all the 
power that you may require. Knowing 
this, direct the great within to bring forth 
what you may need to reach your lofty 
goal, and the same will be done. The sub- 
conscious never fails to do what it is prop- 
erly directed to do. 

While impressing the subconscious, think 
of the perfect in regard to quality, and the 
limitless in regard to quantity. Never 
specify any exact amount, nor any special 
degree; always desire the limitless and the 
perfect; desire nothing less; and animate 
consciousness with a strong desire to 
expand constantly during the process, so 
that the highest quality and the greatest 
quantity possible may be realized. 

Desire the fullest possible expression in 
the great eternal now; realize that your 






own inherent powers and capabilities are 
limitless, and impress that idea upon the 
subconscious. 

Give no thought whatever to the lesser 
attainments in your own life or in the lives 
of others, but keep your mental eye single 
upon what you wish to become, knowing 
that you can become what you wish to 
become because there are no limitations in 
the great within. 

When the subconscious begins to re- 
spond, a distinct sensation is frequently felt 
of some interior power working through 
you; this means that greater power from 
within is being awakened, and the outer 
mind should give full right of way so that 
a complete expression may be secured; 
that is, the conscious mind should become 
quiet, serene and thoroughly receptive, and 
should forget the personal self, for the time. 

When the personal self is forgotten and 
the greater interior self is given full pos- 
session of both the mentality and the 
personality — it is then that one's greatest 
work is done. It is then that real ability, 
real talent and real genius can appear in 
tangible life and action. 

When the musician forgets herself, there 
is something in her music that awakens 
the very depths of the soul, and you are 
lifted to a fairer world than you ever knew 
before. 



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When the artist forgets himself, his pic- 
tures are given immortal life and every 
touch reveals a universe of indescribable 
beauty. 

V/hen the orator forgets himself, he 
speaks as one having authority, and you 
inwardly feel that every word is true. 

When the practical man of affairs for- 
gets himself, he is given a power that is 
irresistible, and the obstacles that are 
encountered in the way, disappear as if 
they never had the slightest existence. 

It is such people that do great things in 
the world; it is such people who live in 
the human heart after ages have passed 
away; and their secret is this — the great- 
ness within them was awakened, and was 
permitted to give full expression to its rare 
and superior power. 

When you feel this higher power mys- 
teriously moving within the greater depths 
of mind and soul, you know what is taking 
place; be calm, and give the superior self 
the right of way. 

At first this power may feel as if it were 
distinct from yourself; but it is not, it is 
your own superior power; the coming 
forth of your own limitless power; the very 
power that you have for some time been 
directing the subconscious to produce; and 
when you feel that it is your own it is 
placed in your full conscious possession, 






and will do whatever you may desire or 
direct. 

To inwardly feel that the entire within 
is your own is extremely important, be- 
cause the more completely the conscious 
mind is united with the power of the sub- 
conscious, the more perfectly can the con- 
scious mind impress the subconscious, and 
the more thoroughly can the greater power 
of the subconscious express itself in exter- 
nal, tangible action. 

When you are about to do something 
that demands the best that is within you, 
impress the subconscious for higher power; 
then wait a few moments for this power to 
appear; and when it does appear, let the 
outer self obey. The great within has 
come forth to do your work, and no power 
in existence can do it better. 

To enter into full conscious possession 
of the higher power from within, and to 
give full right of way to this power, is to 
give your objective talents and faculties 
the greatest power and the best power at 
your command. 




10 impress the subconscious for 
more power it is necessary to 
give to that impression all the 
power that mind is conscious 
of now; in other words, the 
seed that is already at hand should be 
placed in rich soil; the power that is now 
active in the conscious mind should be 
caused to act upon the subconscious; there 
will be increase; and by reimpressing the 
added power upon the subconscious every 
time added power is gained, this increase 
will become perpetual. 

To proceed, concentrate attention upon 
the subconscious side of the entire person- 
ality, and desire gently, but with deep feel- 
ing, to draw all the present active energies 
of the system into the subconscious. 

The more energy that is drawn into the 
subconscious during this process, the more 
power will be impressed upon the subcon- 
scious, and the more power that is im- 
pressed upon the subconscious the more 
power will be expressed from the subcon- 
scious. 

The law is that whatever power is im- 
pressed upon the subconscious will return 
to the outer personality with added power, 
just as every seed sown in rich soil will 



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reproduce itself, ten, twenty, sixty and evea 
a hundredfold. 

Therefore, to daily arouse all the power 
that we personally possess, and to impress 
all of that power upon the subconscious, 
is to increase perpetually the quantity of 
personal power; and the quality of that 
power can be steadily improved by trans- 
muting and refining all the present forces 
of the system before they are impressed 
upon the subconscious. 

Before the conscious mind begins to act 
upon the subconscious all thought and all 
feeling should be elevated into the highest 
states of quality, worth and superiority that 
can possibly be realized. This will cause 
the impression to be superior, and a su- 
perior impression will produce a superior 
expression. 

That which is common, ordinary or 
inferior should never be held in mind, nor 
deeply felt for a moment, because to feel 
the ordinary is to impress the ordinary 
upon the subconscious ; it is sowing inferior 
seed, and the harvest will be cheap, com- 
mon, worthless. 

No person should ever think of himself 
as inferior, or permit himself to recognize 
the imperfect in his nature. To recognize 
or feel the imperfect is to sow more seeds 
of imperfection, and reap another harvest 
that is not worth while. 



There is a superior nature within man; 
this nature alone should be recognized and 
felt ; only those thoughts and ideas that are 
formed in the exact likeness of the superior 
should be impressed upon the subconscious, 
and the subconscious will respond by giv- 
ing superiority to the entire mentality and 
the entire personality. 

The average person fails to improve 
because he lives mainly in the conscious- 
ness of his imperfections; he feels that he 
is ordinary and constantly impresses the 
subconscious with this feeling of the ordi- 
nary; the subconscious naturally responds 
by producing the ordinary, both in mind 
and body. 

That person, however, who lives in the 
ideal, who thinks constantly of the greater 
worth that is within him, and who tries to 
feel and realize his superior nature, will 
give quality to every impression that may 
enter the subconscious; and according to 
the law of action and reaction, will steadily 
develop greater quality and worth through- 
out his entire nature. 

The quality of the impression that is 
given to the subconscious always corre- 
sponds with the degree of quality of which 
we are conscious at the time the impression 
is made. To refine, elevate and enrich all 
thought and feeling before the conscious 



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mind begins to act upon the subconscious, 
is therefore of the highest importance. 

The more quality that is given to the 
power that is being developed, the greater 
the results that may be secured through the 
application of that power. 

It is quality and quantity combined that 
produces greatness, and greatness — greater 
and greater greatness, is the purpose we all 
have in view. 

To constantly feel the greatness of the 
great within, is to constantly impress upon 
the subconscious the idea of greatness; 
this will cause the subconscious to develop 
greatness and express greatness through 
every part of the personal man. 

As greatness develops, the feeling of 
greatness will become deeper, stronger and 
more intense; this will cause larger and 
finer ideas of greatness to be impressed 
upon the subconscious; and the result of 
these later impressions will be larger and 
greater expressions; a larger measure of 
greatness will be developed perpetually 
through the law of much gathering more, 
or "to him that hath shall be given." 

All development comes from the sub- 
conscious, and since the possibilities of the 
great within are limitless, anyone can, 
through the proper direction of the sub- 
conscious, develop remarkable ability, ex* 
traordinary talent and rare genius. 



All genius is the result of a large subcon- 
scious mentality; therefore, any one can 
become a genius by awakening a larger and 
a larger measure of the great within. 

That a genius is asleep in the subcon- 
scious of every mind is literally true, but 
to awaken this genius is not the only 
essential; the conscious mind must be 
cultivated scientifically, so that the su- 
perior ability from within may find free 
and full expression. 

The conscious mind should be cultivated, 
the subconscious should be developed; the 
;onscious mind should be trained to do 
things, while the subconscious should be 
directed to give more and more power for 
the doing of greater and greater things. 

The subconscious has the capacity to 
produce genius in any mind — the greatest 
genius imaginable, but the conscious mind 
must be highly cultivated so as to become 
a fit instrument through which great 
genius may find expression for its superior 
work. 

When quality and worth are received 
from the subconscious, the conscious mind 
should use those things in practical action, 
so that the outer elements and forces of 
mind may be trained to appreciate quality 
and appropriate worth in all their tangible 
expressions. 

The conscious and the subconscious sides 



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of mind should be placed in the most per- 
fect harmonious relations, so that every im- 
pression of the conscious mind may enter 
deeply into the subconscious and every 
expression from the subconscious may 
work through the conscious mind without 
any restriction or interference whatever. 

The entire mind develops through the 
attainment of deeper and higher states of 
consciousness of the great within; and as 
this interior realm is boundless, there is no 
end to the possibilities of mental develop- 
ment. 

To gain this interior consciousness, 
objective consciousness should be constantly 
deepened toward the unfathomable within, 
and this is accomplished by training all the 
mental tendencies to move toward the 
within. 

The mental tendencies will move toward 
those states of being to which we give the 
greatest amount of attention; therefore, 
by constantly thinking with deep feeling 
of the great within, all the mental tenden- 
cies will move toward, and into, the great 
within; and will carry into the subcon- 
scious every idea, thought or desire that 
the conscious mind may wish to realize 
and fulfill. 

When all the mental tendencies move 
into the subconscious, and all thought is 
given feeling, worth and quality, the sub- 



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conscious will constantly be impressed with 
superior ideas, which means a constant 
expression of superior life, superior ability 
and superior power. 

^The more deeply the tendencies of mind 
enter the subconscious, the more of the 
great within will be awakened; and what- 
ever is awakened in the within will invari- 
ably come forth into the personal man. 

It is therefore evident that when we 
cease to live on the surface of personal life 
we shall constantly improve that surface; 
by mentally living in the within we shall 
strengthen, enrich and perfect the without ; 
that is, we improve external effects by 
going more deeply into the subconscious 
and increasing the quality and the power 
of internal causes. 

The person who actually enters the 
deeper life to live will not ignore the body; 
those who simply dream of inner states of 
life may neglect the body, but those who 
thoroughly develop the greater, inner life 
will become able to give the body the best 
that can be secured; and they will enjoy 
physical existence infinitely more than 
those who simply live on the surface. 

It is the truth that whatever we awaken 
and develop in the great within will in- 
variably come forth into tangible, personal 
expression. 




||ACH person is, no more and 
no less, than what has been 
given to him by his subcon- 
scious mind; and as the sub- 
conscious is prepared to give 
as much as any one may desire, the state- 
ment that we all may become whatsoever 
we may wish to become, is therefore abso- 
lutely true; but what the subconscious is 
to give to any person depends largely upon 
the movement of his mental tendencies. 
All the creative energies of the system 
follow the tendencies of the mind; there- 
fore, when all the mental tendencies move 
toward the subconscious, all the surplus 
energy that is generated in the system w r ill 
enter the subconscious ; and the more energy 
that enters the subconscious the more of 
the subconscious will be awakened and 
developed. 

The larger the field that is placed under 
cultivation the greater the harvest. 

Every mental tendency that is trained 
to enter the subconscious will cause a cor- 
responding tendency to be permanently 
expressed; therefore, by causing all the 
worthy tendencies to move toward the 
subconscious, the subconscious will respond 
by expressing through the personality the 



tendencies to be just, true, honest, vir- 
tuous, kind, sympathetic, sweet-tempered, 
cheerful, fearless, faithful, persevering, in- 
dustrious — in brief, everything that goes to 
make a strong and worthy personality. 

By a simple system of subconscious 
training, any one can build up the strongest 
and most beautiful character imaginable, 
and in a reasonable time make it a perma- 
nent part of himself. 

A lack of character is due wholly to the 
fact that the subconscious has been im- 
properly impressed; misleading tendencies 
have been formed, and let it be remem- 
bered that nothing can tempt man to go 
wrong except the perverse tendencies that 
are expressed from his own subconscious 
mind. 

Every weak place in mind or character 
is caused by a subconscious tendency that 
is going wrong; such tendencies may have 
been inherited — many of them are, but 
they can all be corrected by daily directing 
the subconscious to produce the opposite 
quality. 

To think, with conviction, that human 
nature is weak, is to impress upon the sub- 
conscious the idea of weakness, and the 
subconscious will respond by producing a 
tendency to weakness. Therefore, he who 
thinks he is weak will cause his nature to 
continue to be weak. We are weak or 



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strong according to what we direct the 
subconscious to produce in us. 

To realize that the great within contains 
the power to make the personality as strong 
as we may wish it to be, and to impress 
upon the subconscious a strong desire for 
that power, is to direct the subconscious 
to make us strong ; and whatever we direct 
the subconscious to do, the same will 
invariably be done. 

There is no reason whatever why any 
person should continue to have a weak 
body, a weak character or a weak mind; 
anything in the being of man can be made 
strong if the subconscious is properly 
directed to bring forth the greater life and 
the;greater power. 

When the great within is awakened we 
have the powerful personality, the giant 
mind, the irresistible character and the 
great soul. The natural result is a great 
life — a life that is too strong to be tempted, 
too strong to be swayed or disturbed by 
adversity, too strong to be turned from 
the path to its lofty goal. Such a life will 
not only live a life that is life, but will be 
an endless inspiration to the race; and 
such a life is waiting in the great within of 
every soul. 




IE great within is the source of 
all inspirations, all real music, 
all permanent art, all poetry 
with soul, all rich thought, all 
ideas of genuine worth, all 
invention, all discovery, all science, and 
the truth that is absolute. 

Everything that has worth, be it in a 
small degree, or in a very great degree, 
comes directly from the richness of the 
subconscious; therefore, to do the greater, 
the mind should enter into the closest 
touch with the great within, and should 
expect the very best that the limitless 
within can produce. 

When in need of ideas, plans, methods, 
ways and means, call upon the subcon- 
scious; the call will not be in vain; the 
subconscious can supply every need, and 
will invariably do so when properly di- 
rected. 

While directing the subconscious, how- 
ever, all conscious action must be in abso- 
lute poise; it is not only necessary to 
impress what we desire but to impress that 
desire in such a way that it will actually 
produce an impression. 

When in the presence of the great fact 
that the within is limitless, the mind will 



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naturally become enthusiastic; feeling will 
run high and is very liable to become over- 
wrought; but such a feeling has no depth, 
it is simply superficial emotionalism; it 
will waste any amount of energy, but will 
never produce a single impression upon 
the subconscious. 

To impress the subconscious, the mind 
must be calm, the entire personality must 
be in poise, and this feeling of poise must 
have that great depth that touches the 
very soul of life itself. 

Not the slightest trace of emotional 
enthusiasm must be permitted, nor must 
feeling run toward the surface at any time ; 
the actions of mind, especially those of 
feeling, must move toward the great 
within if the subconscious is to be reached. 

There must be no anxiety connected 
with the desire to impress the subcon- 
scious, and every form of doubt must be 
eliminated completely. 

To properly impress the subconscious > 
faithful application is necessary; also con- 
stant practice, and a perseverance that will 
not give up; but the prize is worthy of the 
effort. 

To realize that the subconscious can, 
and will, do anything when properly im- 
pressed, is to persevere until the proper 
impression has been made; and it is those 



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tffio work in this realization that secure 
the marvelous results. 

To eliminate the tendency to feel emo- 
tional while acting upon the subconscious, 
cultivate the substantial feeling; train 
yourself to feel substantial at all times, 
and wild, empty, overwrought feelings will ^ 
entirely disappear. 

It is the proper feeling that determines 
the proper impression; the attainment of 
the deep, substantial feeling is therefore 
extremely important, though it is equally 
important to be able to feel the vibrations 
of the finer forces of the system. 

It is the finer forces that impress the 
subconscious and the subconscious is in- 
variably impressed whenever these forces 
are felt. 

To develop the consciousness of the 
finer forces, attention should be frequently 
concentrated upon that life that permeates 
the tangible elements in every part of 
being; and during this concentration the 
feeling of consciousness should be deep- 
ened and expanded as much as possible. 

Every conscious action should be trained 
to penetrate to the very depth of life, and 
during this process the mind should act in 
the realization that the more deeply it 
penetrates any element in the personality, 
the finer will be the forces into which 
consciousness will enter. / 



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To awaken or arouse any force or ele- 
ment, attention should be concentrated 
upon that state in which the desired force 
or element is known to exist, and the 
mind should think of the nature of that 
force or element according to the best 
possible understanding that can be formed 
of that nature. 

The same method may be employed in 
the development of the subconscious side 
of any desired faculty or talent. 

The creative energies of the system 
always build up those qualities of which 
the mind may be thinking; therefore, to 
actually and continually think of the real 
nature of a great talent is to develop that 
talent into the same degree of greatness 
that is discerned in mind. 

The power of this method in the devel- 
opment of ability, talent and genius is 
practically unlimited, because the mind is 
capable of discerning higher and higher 
degrees of greatness, and the subconscious 
is capable of providing creative energies 
of as high a state of fineness and power as 
may be required. 

To secure the best results from any 
method through which the great within 
is to be unfolded and expressed, it is 
extremely important to use properly the 
conscious and the subconscious factors of 
mind at the various stages of the process. 



While impressing the subconscious, the 
conscious mind should be strong, firm, 
positive and highly active, but should be- 
come perfectly quiet and receptive while 
expecting a response from the subcon- 
scious. 

Harmony, serenity and poise are indis- 
pensable states both when the impression 
is being made and when the expression is 
expected. 

The right use of the will is of extraor- 
dinary importance; and neither time nor 
effort should be spared in establishing this 
right use, because where the will is misap- 
plied the subconscious expressions are 
interfered with to such an extent that 
results are completely neutralized.: 

While the subconscious is being im- 
pressed, the will should act firmly and 
directly upon that consciousness that is 
felt in the subconscious, but when the sub- 
conscious is expected to respond the will 
should be relaxed into a state of complete 
inaction. 

It is not the purpose of the will to control 
the outer person by acting directly upon 
the outer person; the will controls the outer 
person by causing the subconscious to 
produce in the outer person whatever may 
be desired; but when the subconscious 
begins to express what the will has desired 



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and directed, the will must, for the time 
being, cease to act. 

The true function of the will is to act 
upon the finer states of consciousness; that 
is, the subconscious states, those states 
that are felt in the deeper life of the per- 
sonality or the mentality; and while in 
such action, to impress upon the subcon- 
scious those causes that can produce the 
desired effects. 

When these causes have been impressed, 
and the time has come for the expected 
results, the will must withdraw so that the 
personality may become sufficiently recep- 
tive to give the subconscious response the 
fullest and freest possible expression. 

The subconscious expression will come 
of itself, at the time designated, if the 
impression has been properly made; but 
every attempt of the will to help draw 
forth that expression will interfere with 
results. 

When the desired subconscious expres- 
sion fails to appear at the time designated, 
the impression has either not been prop- 
erly made, or the subconscious response is 
being prevented by too much active will 
force, anxiety or objective commotion. 

The subconscious cannot express itself, 
or do what it is directed to do unless the 
outer mentality and personality are in 
poise; but perfect poise is not possible so 



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long as will power is applied upon the 
external side of mind or body. 

Train the will to act upon the subcon- 
scious, and the subconscious only, and this 
is readily accomplished by always turning 
attention upon the subconscious whenever 
the will is being employed. 

. When acting upon the objective, the will 
only interferes with normal functions, and 
can accomplish absolutely nothing. To 
move a muscle the will must act upon the 
subconscious life that permeates that mus- 
cle; should it act upon the muscle itself, 
the muscle would become rigid, and mus- 
cular motion be made impossible. 

No one can do anything by objectively 
willing to do it; he can do what he wants 
to do only by causing the will to act upon 
that part of the subconscious that can do 
what he wants to have done. 

This law is absolute in all human ac- 
tions, be they physical or metaphysical, in- 
tellectual or emotional, mental or spiritual. 

To train the will to act only upon the 
subconscious, will increase the power of 
the conscious mind to impress the sub- 
conscious; the conscious action will not be 
divided, acting partly upon the objective 
and partly upon the subjective, but will 
give its power and attention absolutely to 
the idea that is being subconsciously 
impressed* 



When the will acts only upon the sub- 
conscious, there will be no will force in the 
outer mind or body to disturb the normal 
functions of the systems; and when the 
entire system is normal the subconscious 
can readily do whatever it may be directed 
to do. 

The conscious mind should employ the 
will solely for the purpose of impressing 
and directing the subconscious, but should 
give the subconscious unrestricted freedom 
to take full possession of the personality 
when expressions from within are expected 
to appear. 

Those who hesitate to give the subcon- 
scious expressions full right of way, should 
remember that to move a muscle, the sub- 
conscious must take full possession of that 
muscle; and to think, the subconscious 
must exercise complete control of the 
mental faculty, and also, that the subcon- 
scious will only do what it is directed to do. 

Though the personality must be con- 
trolled completely by the subconscious, 
the subconscious must be directed, in all 
its actions, by the conscious mind; there- 
fore, the wide-awake self continues to be 
the master. 




^HE subconscious has the power 
to work out any problem, and 
find the exact answer to any 
question, at the time desig- 
nated by the conscious mind; 
in fact, nc problem is ever worked out by 
the conscious mind alone; the subcon- 
scious gives the real secret in every in- 
stance, though it is the conscious mind 
that makes the practical application. 

To secure the direct and the fullest 
assistance from the subconscious when 
there are problems to solve, form a clear, 
distinct idea of what you wish to know, 
and impress that idea upon the subcon- 
scious with a deep, strong desire for the 
information required. Have perfect faith 
in the faith that you will receive the 
answer, and you will. 

When you have something special to do 
at some near future time, that requires 
more power and mental brilliancy than 
you usually possess, direct the subcon- 
scious to give you the added power and 
intelligence at the exact time. The sub- 
conscious is exact as to time, and will 
produce, at the time desired, as much 
power and intelligence as you felt you 



needed for the special work when the 
impression was made. 

To simply impress upon the subcon- 
scious a desire for more power is not 
sufficient; the impression must contain a 
clear idea of how much power is required 
and what the added power is expected to 
do. 

While the subconscious is being im- 
pressed for more power, the mind must try 
to discern and feel the life of more power; 
and the amount of power that is discerned 
while the impression is being made, the 
subconscious will express at the time fixed 
for the expression. 

Whenever an impression is made upon 
the subconscious, the conscious mind 
should try to gain the very highest and the 
very largest conception possible of the idea 
that is being impressed; and the more 
clearly the conscious mind discerns the 
largeness, the worth and the superiority 
of that idea, the larger, the worthier and 
the more superior will be the corresponding 
expression brought forth from the within. 

When the conscious mind can see 
clearly the amount of power and mental 
brilliancy required for the special future 
action, and impresses that idea upon the 
subconscious with the deepest and the 
strongest desire for its realization, the 
impression thus made will call for the exact 



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amount of power and intelligence required ; 
and whatever the impression calls for the 
subconscious will supply. 

The law is this, that the subconscious 
will respond with the exact quality and the 
exact quantity that you were conscious of, 
or that you can mentally discern and feel 
at the time the impression is being made. 
It is, therefore, extremely important to 
elevate the conscious mind into the largest 
and the most superior states of thought 
and feeling possible before an effort is 
made to impress the subconscious. In 
fact, this is the real secret in directing the 
subconscious to express a larger quantity 
and a higher quality than we ever received 
in tangible life before. 

To live constantly in the deep, interior 
feeling of greater power, greater intelli- 
gence, greater personal worth and greater 
mental brilliancy, is to constantly call 
upon the subconscious to produce these 
things in larger and larger measure; and 
the subconscious will invariably do what- 
ever it is called upon to do. 

Though we should not live in the future 
in the sense that the mind dwells wholly 
in the thought of the future, nevertheless, 
we should always plan ahead. 

Place your future plans in the hands of 
the subconscious; impress upon the sub- 
conscious what you wish to have done 



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to-morrow, next week, next month, or 
even next year; then direct the great 
within to work out the best plans and the 
best methods possible, and to give your 
faculties the understanding and the power 
to carry out those plans to the most suc- 
cessful termination. 

When there is something upon which 
you cannot decide, inform the subcon- 
scious that a definite decision is desired at 
such and such a time; impress clearly and 
deeply the facts on all sides concerned, 
and know that the great within can give 
the desired decision at the time stated. 

When this time comes you will receive 
your answer through the feeling of a 
strong, irresistible desire to take one par- 
ticular course, and that alone. 

While the answer is being expected, no 
anxiety should be felt, even though the 
last minute should arrive before anything 
definite appears; the mind that continues 
in serenity and faith will receive the right 
answer before it is too late ; but the anxious 
mind will, through the confusion produced 
by the anxiety, prevent the subconscious 
from giving expression to the desired 
information. 

When two antagonistic decisions appear 
at the time fixed, the subconscious expres- 
tion has not been given full right of way. 
One of these decisions will be of the con- 



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scious mind who judges according to 
appearances; the other will be of the sub- 
conscious who judges according to facts, 
but which is which may seem difficult to 
discern. 

The decision of the conscious mind may 
sometimes be the stronger, but at other 
times the weaker; one's strongest feelings, 
therefore, at such times will not prove to 
be safe guidance. 

To reimpress the subconscious for an 
immediate and a definite decision is the 
proper course to pursue under such cir- 
cumstances, and if the conscious mind is 
kept quiet, in faith, the true answer will 
shortly appear. You will then feel a 
strong desire to take but one course, and 
will lose all desire to even think about the 
other, because when the subconscious 
action is given full and free expression, 
everything that is antagonistic to that 
expression will cease to exist. 

It is therefore evident that we may 
completely eliminate the wrong by directing 
the subconscious to express the right, and 
by giving the subconscious absolute free- 
dom to do what it has been directed to do. 




gHE subconscious should be called 
upon to give direct assistance 
in everything, even in the most 
insignificant of everyday affairs ; 
this practice will not only 
cause all things to be done better and better 
constantly, but the conscious mind will be 
more thoroughly trained to impress the 
subconscious for anything desired, and the 
subconscious mentality will be perpetually 
enlarged along all lines. 

To enlarge the subconscious mentality 
in every phase of interior action is to 
awaken a larger measure of the great 
within, and the more of the within that is 
awakened the greater will man become. 

For these reasons the subconscious 
should be called upon for superior aid 
before anything, even the least, is under- 
taken. Everything that is worth doing 
should be done better than before, and the 
subconscious can provide the power. 

Impressions of this nature should be 
made a few hours in advance, or, when 
possible, a few days in advance; though 
the subconscious can respond upon a mo- 
ment's notice; its superior power should 
therefore be sought upon every occasion. 

In the commercial world no one should 



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ever attempt to decide upon important 
transactions before directing the subcon- 
scious to inspire the mind with the highest 
insight, the keenest judgment, and the 
broadest understanding; and no great 
enterprise should be undertaken before 
directing the subconscious to work out the 
best possible plans and methods. 

The subconscious can do these things, 
and when all practical men will go to the 
greater mind for their plans and ideas, 
instead of depending upon the limited 
intelligence of the lesser mind, failures will 
be reduced to a minimum, while great 
achievements will steadily increase, both 
in numbers and in greatness. 

Those who are engaged in literary work 
will find the subconscious indispensable, 
because any idea desired may be gained 
from the great within. 

Orators and public speakers should never 
attempt to prepare or deliver a discourse 
before going to this great source of ideas 
for their thought; and the same is true 
of musical composers, creative artists, 
inventors, and all others who require ideas 
that have originality and worth. 

Every person who is engaged in study, 
or in any line of improvement, may in- 
crease results from ten to two hundred per 
cent by securing the direct assistance of 
the subconscious; and as all advancement 



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and promotion in life comes directly from 
the improvement of self, the fact that the 
subconscious can supply any amount of 
ability, capacity and power, becomes ex- 
tremely important. , 

All memory is subconscious, therefore, 
whatever one desires to remember should 
be deeply impressed upon the subconscious 
at the time the fact or idea is received ; and 
the subconscious may be directed to bring 
back to mind these facts and ideas when- 
ever their recollection is desired. 

Through this simple process memory 
can be developed and cultivated to a 
remarkable degree, and the power to recall 
anything at any time will become prac- 
tically perfect. 

The subconscious can be trained to keep 
the conscious mind clear and active, and all 
sluggishness or obtuseness can be com- 
pletely eliminated from every faculty. This 
will enable the student to learn with far 
greater rapidity, and every mental effort 
will be conducive to growth. 

To produce these results the subcon- 
scious should, several times every day, be 
directed to express continuous clearness, 
mental lucidity, and a high, well-poised 
mental activity. While producing that 
impression* picture in the conscious mind 
the same clearness and action that you 
desire the subconscious to express. 



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To picture perfect lucidity, and to feel 
high activity in the conscious mind for 
a few moments while the subconscious is 
being impressed, will cause the subcon- 
scious to express that same clearness and 
activity for several hours; and when the 
impression contains a deep desire for 
greater clearness and activity than the 
conscious mind can discern, the greater 
clearness and activity will be expressed. 

It is a well-known fact that nearly all 
great minds, and also most minds that 
are trying to develop greatness, have 
moods when they can do most excellent 
work, but when they are not in those 
moods little or nothing cf worth can be 
accomplished. To such minds the ability 
to create the right moods, or mental states, 
whenever desired, would be of exceptional 
value, and by properly directing the sub- 
conscious it may readily be accomplished. 

Form in the conscious mind a very clear 
idea of the mood or mental state in which 
you can do your best work, and impress 
that idea upon the subconscious with a 
strong desire for ths continuous realiza- 
tion of the desired state. Repeat the 
impression several times every day, and 
every evening before going to sleep. Per- 
severance will produce the most remark- 
able results. 

While engaged in any particular study, 



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impress frequently upon the subconscious 
the real nature of that study, and direct 
the subconscious to express all the essen- 
tials that may be necessary to thoroughly 
understand and master that study. 

Expect superior intelligence from within, 
and make the best possible use of that 
intelligence as it is being received. Thus 
the conscious mind and the subconscious 
will work together for the promotion of 
the highest conceivable attainments. 

To promote advancement in one's voca- 
tion, better plans and methods will con- 
stantly be in demand; and by directing 
the subconscious to work them out these 
may be secured as required; in addition, 
the necessary power and ability to prac- 
tically apply those methods may also be 
secured if the subconscious is called upon 
to supply them. 

It is the truth that whatever the sub- 
conscious is properly impressed and di* 
rected to do, it positively will do. 




[0 promote the highest devel- 
opment of mind and soul, a 
sunny disposition is indis- 
pensable; the brighter, the 
happier and the sweeter the 
disposition, the more easily and the more 
rapidly will any talent develop; and it is a 
literal truth that a sunny disposition is to 
the talents of the mind what a sunny day 
is to the flowers of the field. 

Every form of disposition comes from 
the subconscious, be it sweet or otherwise; 
but the undesirable may be removed com- 
pletely, and the sweetest and brightest 
disposition imaginable be permanently es- 
tablished, by daily impressing upon the 
subconscious your most perfect idea of 
a sweet and wholesome nature. 

As the sweetness of human nature 
develops, all undesirable feelings and dis- 
positions will disappear; no thought, there- 
fore, should be given to the elimination of 
perverse characteristics, but the whole of 
attention should be concentrated upon the 
development of the wholesome, the sweet 
and the beautiful. 

When there is a tendency to feel out of 
sorts, turn attention upon the finer side of 
your nature — the subconscious — and think 



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deeply, strongly and feelingly of joy, 
brightness, kindness, amiableness, cheer- 
fulness, sweetness and loveliness; try to 
enter into the very life of those states and 
feel that your entire nature is being recre- 
ated in the image and likeness of all that 
is sweet and beautiful. 

To permit yourself to feel surly whenever 
there is a tendency to feel that way is to 
impress the subconscious with such a state 
of mind, and the subconscious will respond 
by giving your nature a stronger tendency 
to feel surly and out of sorts at the least 
provocation. 

The first indication of ill-feeling in any 
shape or form should be counteracted at 
once by immediately directing the subcon- 
scious to give expression to the sweet, the 
wholesome and the beautiful. 

It is not only the privilege of every mind 
to attain greatness, but no mind is doing 
justice to self that is not doing its utmost 
to develop greatness; and since a sunny 
disposition is absolutely necessary to the 
steady development of ability, talent and 
genius, neither time nor effort should be 
spared in recreating the subconscious so 
completely that every part of its vast 
domain is permeated through and through 
with the highest order of human sweetness 
and mental sunshine. 

To recreate the subconscious mentality 



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in the likeness of higher ideals, every im- 
pression given to the subconscious should 
have soul. It is the conscious realization 
of soul that gives quality, worth and 
superiority to everything that appears in 
human life; the reason being that the boh! 
is superiority, and that everything gains 
superiority that comes in conscious touch 
with the soul. 

To feel soul is to feel the life of real 
worth, and to impress that feeling upon 
the subconscious will cause the subcon- 
scious to give real worth to every part of 
the personal! 

The subconscious should be directed 
daily to give worth and superiority to the 
entire being of man; and this it positively 
can do. 

The great within should be directed to 
work for greater things, and when every 
impression is impressed in the feeling of 
soul, every impression will cause the 
within to unfold, develop and give expres- 
sion to greater things. 

All greatness comes from the awakening 
of the great within; to awaken the great 
within is to feel greatness, and to be filled 
with the power that is greatness — the 
power that will invariably produce great- 
ness. 

Ability, talent and genius of the highest 
order must inevitably follow the develop- 



ment of the great within; likewise, the 
strong mind, the invincible character and 
the beautiful soul. 

Every faculty increases in power, ca- 
pacity and quality as its subconscious side 
is being developed, and this subconscious 
side may be developed by concentrating 
attention upon the interior, finer essence 
of that faculty while the most perfect idea 
or conception of that faculty is held in 
mind. 

The development of the subconscious 
side of the entire personality will increase 
the drawing power of the personality, the 
power that attracts, both directly and 
indirectly, whatever the mind may desire. 

This power is the result of subconscious 
action, and therefore increases, both in 
volume and in natural attraction, as a 
greater measure of the within is awakened. 

There are many personalities that are 
strong, but that do not attract, while there 
are many others that lack in power but 
that are very attractive in proportion to the 
power they do possess. The cause of the 
former condition k an awakened subcon- 
scious life that .iocs not receive free and 
orderly expression ; the cause of the latter 
condition is a limited subconscious life 
that is not disturbed nor hindered in its 
expression. 

To steadily increase subconscious action 



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and give that action a well-poised expression 
will cause the personality to become prac- 
tically irresistible in its power of attrac- 
tion. 

The drawing power of the subconscious 
lies in its ability, not only to give extraor- 
dinary power to the personality, but also to 
produce ideas that draw, plans that draw, 
methods that draw and systems that draw. 

It is not only ideas, but the way those 
ideas are arranged, that determines re- 
sults; and it is not only high-class work, 
but the way that work is presented, that 
determines the measure of success. The 
best ideas may be ignored completely by 
the world, and the best work may have 
to be abandoned through the lack of 
appreciation, and the subconscious life that 
is expressed through those ideas or efforts 
is at fault. 

Direct the subconscious not only to give 
you the best ideas, the best plans and the 
best methods, but also direct the subcon- 
scious to give the proper expression to 
those ideas and methods. When the proper 
expression is made the attention of the 
world will be attracted; your ideas will be 
understood, the real worth of your work 
will be appreciated, and your efforts will 
be in constant demand. 

The subconscious can work out the best 
ideas and create the best expression of 



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those ideas; it can give the power and the 
ability to do greater things, and can give 
your work that mysterious something that 
will attract both the attention and the 
appreciation of the world. 

The subconscious in every mind should 
therefore be directed to do these things, 
because no person is just to himself who 
does not make the best use of everything 
that exists in his nature. 

The subconscious, when so directed, 
will give a natural drawing power to all the 
finer thought currents; these in turn will 
convey the same qualities to every part of 
the mentality and the personality; this will 
cause everything that man is, and every- 
thing that he does, to be stamped with that 
something that attracts attention and com- 
mands appreciation; his desires will con- 
sequently become irresistible. 

The desires of such a mind will have the 
power to create their own way to their own 
goal, no matter how lofty that goal may 
be. The power of the subconscious is 
limitless, therefore, nothing becomes im- 
possible when we awaken the great within. 

All desires should be made subcon- 
scious, and when those desires are con- 
stantly expressed with the deepest feeling 
and the strongest desire that can possibly 
be aroused, you will positively receive what 
you want. If it fails to come through one 



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channel it will come through another; but 
come it will, because the subconscious has 
the power to do whatever it is directed to 
do. 

To subconsciously desire something is 
to make yourself strong enough and able 
enough to command, create or attract that 
something. 

Make your desires subconscious and the 
subconscious will make you worthy of 
what you desire; the subconscious desire 
will awaken the same quality and worth 
in yourself that already exists in that which 
you desire, and, as like does attract like, 
you will invariably get what you desire 
when you become equal to what you desire. 

The subconscious desire for abundance 
will develop in yourself the power to earn 
and create abundance ; it will increase your 
earning capacity ml will, both directly 
and indirectly, change your personality so 
that you will be naturally drawn into 
environments and associations where you 
can make the best possible use of that 
increase of capacity. 

The subconscious, being limitless, can 
work out ideas and plans that you can use 
in your present position in furthering your 
desire for the better position; the subcon- 
scious, if directed, will find a way; especially 
so if the desire is very deep and very strong ; 
and you will also receive the power and the 



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ability to do whatever that way may 
demand. 

It is therefore evident that whatever a 
person's conditions or circumstances may 
be to-day, the subconscious can, and will, 
open the door to something better, provid- 
ing there is a strong subconscious desire 
for something better. 




\0 awaken the great within is 
to awaken to a universe of 
higher attainments, greater 
achievements and more far- 
reaching possibilities than one 
has ever dreamed of before; it is to enter 
that world where every desire will be 
granted, every aspiration realized and every 
ideal fulfilled. 

To promote this awakening, direct the 
subconscious to give its best to every 
thought and every action, and when this 
best has been received, direct the subcon- 
scious to produce something still better. 
It can; the subconscious can do whatever 
we may wish to have done. 

Every condition that appears in the 
body, be it favorable or otherwise, comes 
either directly or indirectly from the sub- 
conscious; that is, it may be the direct 
effect of a corresponding subconscious 
cause, or it may be the effect of external 
causes that were permitted to act upon the 
body because the true subconscious ex- 
pression was absent. 

No external cause can produce disease 
in the body so long as the subconscious is 
giving a full expression to perfect health; 
and no curative agent from the without 



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can restore health in the body so long as 
the subconscious is giving expression to 
diseased conditions. 

The majority of physical ills can ba 
cured by nature when the subconscious 
ceases to give expression to weakening 
and disease-producing conditions, and all 
diseases can be permanently removed by 
training the subconscious to give a full 
and constant expression of healtho 

Personal and physical conditions are 
effects; they are caused either directly or 
indirectly by the subconscious; therefore, 
any condition desired in the personality 
may be produced through the proper 
direction of the subconscious. 

To direct the subconscious to produce 
perfect health, the first essential is to gain 
a clear conscious realization of the state 
of perfect health, and the second essential 
is to permeate the subconscious with this 
realization. 

The subconscious mind is a deeper and 
a finer state of mental life that exists 
within every atom of the human system; 
it is another mental world, so to speak, 
and is so immense that the ordinary con- 
scious mind is mere insignificance In com- 
parison. But it obeys perfectly the direc- 
tions of the conscious mind, and, having 
limitless power in every part of the body, 



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can readily banish any disease when prop- 
erly directed to do so. 

To impress the subconscious, attention 
should be concentrated upon this superior 
mental world, and all thought should be 
gradually refined until one can feel that 
the conscious thought has been completely 
transformed into the spiritual fineness of 
the subconscious thought. 

The subconscious may be reached most 
directly by concentrating upon the brain 
center, though attention must not be fixed 
upon the physical brain, but upon that 
finer mental life that permeates the phys- 
ical brain. 

All general directions given to the sub- 
conscious should be given through the 
brain center, but for the curing of physical 
ailments attention should be concentrated 
upon the subconscious mentality that per- 
meates the organ, muscle or nerve where 
the ailment is located. 

To impress the conscious realization of 
health upon the subconscious life of any 
part of the body will cause the subcon- 
scious to bring forth into that part of the 
body the same condition of health which 
the conscious mind realized while the 
impression was being made; it is, therefore, 
necessary to attain the very highest possible 
conscious understanding of the real state 



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of perfect health before the subconscious 
is directed to produce health. 

No thought of disease should form in 
mind while the subconscious is being 
impressed with perfect health; neither 
should one think of the body. To think 
of the body is to form mental conceptions 
of the way physical conditions now feel, 
and if these conditions are undesirable, 
undesirable impressions will enter the 
subconscious, to be followed by the forma- 
tion of more undesirable conditions in the 
near future. 

The imperfection of physical conditions 
should never enter mind at any time, 
because such conditions are liable to be 
deeply felt, and whatever is deeply felt 
will be impressed upon the subconscious, 
whether we so wish or no; neither should 
there be any desire to remove or overcome 
that which may seem undesirable. To 
desire to remove the wrong is to deeply 
think about the wrong, because all desires 
tend to deepen the actions of thought, and 
to deeply think about the wrong is to 
impress the wrong upon the subconscious. 
It is sowing weeds in the fields of the mind, 
and the harvest will be accordingly. 

All thought should be animated with the 
consciousness of that perfection in health 
and wholeness that we desire to realize in 
expression, and all feeling should be trained 



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to feel the health, the life and the harmony 
that the subconscious is being directed to 
produce. 

To consciously live through and through 
the finer subconscious mentality for a few 
moments, several times every day, and 
deeply impress one's most perfect realiza- 
tion of health upon the entire subconscious 
mentality will cause the subconscious to 
give a full and constant expression of 
health. 

The result will be perpetual health, with- 
out a moment of any form of sickness at 
any time, and if the conscious mind will 
seek to daily impress upon the subconscious 
a more and more perfect realization of 
absolute health, the subconscious will 
steadily improve the quality of the health 
that is being expressed. 

To eliminate a local ailment the subcon- 
scious mentality that permeates that part 
of the body should be impressed with the 
conscious feeling of the health that is 
desired. 

Concentrate upon the finer mental life 
in that part of the body where the adverse 
condition appears and feel the reality of 
perfect health. Do not concentrate upon 
the physical organ, nor even think of the 
physical organ, but enter mentally into the 
interior subconscious life of that organ and, 






while in that state, feel the spirit of perfect 
health with all the depth of mind and soul. 

What you feel, while in that state, you 
impress upon the subconscious, and the 
subconscious will cause perfect health to 
be expressed through every atom of that 
organ 

To eliminate a chronic ailment, impress 
perfect health upon the subconscious as a 
whole, while concentrating upon the sub- 
conscious mentality within the brain cen- 
ter Q Also concentrate frequently upon the 
subconscious side of the entire personality, 
feeling the state of perfect health in the 
subconscious life of every part of the sys- 
tenio 

If certain parts of the body are specially 
affected, impress those parts in the same 
way as for a local ailment, though local 
attention should be given, not so much to 
those parts of the body that feel the effects 
of the ailment as to those parts where the 
adverse condition has its origin,. 

Before impressing the subconscious the 
entire system should be made as calm and 
peaceful as possible, and the principal 
directions should be given to the subcon- 
scious immediately before going to sleep. 

The most important of all, however, is 
to live, think and act in the absolute faith 
that the subconscious can and will do 
whatever it is directed to do„ 




gURING the waking state the 
conscious ego acts directly 
upon the conscious, or wide- 
awake mind, while during 
sleep it acts entirely in the 
subconsciouse 

When we go to sleep all the principal 
thoughts, desires, intentions, tendencies, 
feelings and ideas that have formed during 
the day are taken into the subconscious, 
unless we eliminate the undesirable mental 
material before we permit sleep to take 
place. 

Every thought, desire oi idea that is 
taken into the subconscious as mind falls 
asleep will be impressed upon the sub- 
conscious, and will cause corresponding 
expressions to be brought forth into the 
personality. To eliminate all undesirable 
thoughts and feelings from mind before 
going to sleep is therefore extremely 
important. 

Before going to sleep the conscious 
mind should be thoroughly cleansed from 
everything that one does not care to 
reproduce or perpetuate, and the subcon- 
scious should be given definite directions 
as to what should be developed, reproduced 
and expressed. 



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The hours of sleep may be employed in 
the development of anything we may have 
in view, because whatever we impress 
upon mind when we go to sleep will enter 
the subconscious and will cause the within 
to give expression to those effects that we 
desire to secure in the without. 

Before going to sleep the subconscious 
should be given full directions as to what 
is to be done in the near future, and the 
exact time for each particular action should 
be specified as far as possible. In the 
meantime the subconscious will work out 
the best plans, methods and ideas, and 
provide the added understanding, insight 
and power required to apply those plans 
in the most effective manner. 

When the subconscious is properly di- 
rected in this way the results from future 
actions may be increased to a degree that 
will frequently be remarkable, and, as 
much produces more, these results will 
follow the law of perpetual increase. 

During the waking state the mind forms 
a definite conception of everything that is 
given real, conscious attention; these con- 
ceptions individualize themselves into ideas 
and as mind goes to sleep all those ideas 
are taken into the subconscious. 

Therefore, what the subconscious is 
given to work out and develop during sleep 
will depend upon what we think about 



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during the day, and what we give the sub- 
conscious to develop and express will 
determine what character, mentality and 
personality are to be. 

The subconscious makes us what we 
are, in every respect, but what the subcon- 
scious is to make will depend upon what 
our thoughts, feelings and desires may 
direct. 

The more we think during the day, 
providing our thought has quality, the 
more good seeds we shall place in the 
garden of the mind during sleep, and the 
greater will be the quality and the quantity 
of the coming harvest. 

The stronger our desires for wisdom, 
power, attainments and achievements dur- 
ing the waking state, the more thoroughly 
will the subconscious work for those things 
during sleep. 

The subconscious can provide all the 
essentials required for the highest attain- 
ments and greatest achievements and will 
do so if directed. 

The subconscious works during sleep, 
and works to develop the ideas and the 
desires that the conscious mind brought 
into the subconscious while falling asleep, 
but the subconscious will give the same 
attention to ideas and desires that are 
detrimental, just as rich soil will apply the 



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same productiveness to the weed as to the 
flower. 

It is therefore wisdom to sow good 
seeds only; to eliminate all undesirable 
thought, ideas and feelings before sleep 
begins. 

The habit of going to sleep every night 
with all sorts of thoughts in mind is the 
principal cause of the continuous mingling 
of good and evil in the life of the average 
person. The troubles and the worries of 
the day are taken into the subconscious at 
night, along with those thoughts and feel- 
ings that have better things in view, and 
the subconscious, consequently, continues 
to work for more good things on the one 
hand and for more troubles and worries 
on the other. 

It is the truth that any person may 
emancipate himself completely from all the 
ills of perverted life by refusing absolutely 
to permit a single undesirable thought, 
feeling or desire to enter the subconscious. 

To prevent the wrong from entering the 
subconscious we must, during the waking 
state, never think, with feeling, of that 
which is evil, imperfect or wrong, and 
before going to sleep the conscious mind 
must be cleansed completely from every 
undesirable thought or impression that 
may have entered unconsciously during the 
day. 



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The imperfect will not impress itself 
upon the subconscious during the waking 
state unless we think about it in deep 
feeling, but everything that is in the con- 
scious mind when we go to sleep will enter 
the subconscious and produce fruit after 
its kind. 

To cleanse the conscious mind before 
going to sleep, enter a state of perfect 
mental poise; be still in the deepest sense 
of the term ; forget what you do not wish to 
retain by entering into the very life and 
essence of that which you desire to awaken, 
unfold and develop. Then concentrate 
upon the subconscious with the deepest 
possible feeling and the strongest possible 
desire. 

What you wish to remove from mind 
may be removed by directing the subcon- 
scious to create and express the opposite, 
though no thought should be given to that 
which is not to be retained. When you 
know what you wish to remove, forget it 
by giving your entire subconscious attention 
to that which you wish to create and 
realize instead. 

To carry into the subconscious those 
ideas that we wish to develop is not all that 
is necessary, however, as we go to sleep; 
the subconscious should be given the best 
possible conditions in which to worke 

The subconscious is in close touch with 



ail the functions of the body as well as the 
actions of the mind, therefore, the entire 
system must be in harmony and order 
before sleep begins or subconscious action 
will be confused and misdirectedo 

Before going to sleep the body should be 
in harmony, the mind in peace an d the 
entire personality relaxedc The circulation 
should be even, and no part should be too 
warm nor too cold. Digestion should be 
practically finished and there should be 
nothing in the system that might disturb 
any of the functions during sleep. 

When physical functions are disturbed 
during sleep the conscious ego is drawn 
back to the outer mind, either fully or in 
part, and its work in the subconscious is 
interrupted. Such interruptions usually 
misdirect the subconscious actions to such 
an extent that the very opposite results to 
what were intended are produced. 

This explains why such detrimental 
results are frequently secured, even when 
our intentions were the best and our plans 
carried out with the greatest of care P It 
also proves that the entire system must be 
kept in order if every action, conscious or 
subconscious, is to produce the results 
desiredo 




JHEN the conscious ego, which 
is you, yourself, enters the 
subconscious during sleep, 
there are two objects in view. 
il The first object is to carry into 
the subconscious the new ideas that have 
formed during the day and the second 
object is to recharge the system with life, 
power and energy. 

The subconscious supplies the life and 
the energy that is required to perpetuate 
the existence of the mentality and the per- 
sonality, but to receive this energy the 
conscious ego must enter the subconscious, 
and should remain there, uninterruptedly, 
for six or seven hours out of every twenty- 
four, to secure the full measure of power. 

When sleep is interrupted the personality 
does not receive as much life as may be 
required to keep the system in the fullest 
and most perfect action; personal efforts 
will, therefore, become inferior. 

When all the conditions are provided 
for properly recuperating and recharging 
the system during sleep, and the subcon- 
scious is directed to steadily increase the 
supply of power, the personality will become 
stronger and more vigorous from year to 
year; instead of going down to weakness 



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and age the personality will go on to 
greater strength, greater capacity, greater 
ability and greater power the longer you 
live. 

To go to sleep properly is to wake up 
feeling refreshed, but to go to sleep with 
all sorts of impressions in the mind and all 
sorts of conditions in the body is to wake 
up feeling stupid and depressed. 

To enter the subconscious with adverse 
impressions is to return to consciousness 
with similar conditions. Like causes al- 
ways produce like effects. 

To aid the mind in purifying itself before 
going to sleep, attention should be concen- 
trated upon the purest purity and the 
highest worth that can possibly be imag- 
ined, and to place the entire system in a 
state of peace, concentrate the thought of 
peace upon the brain center while gently 
drawing all the finer forces of mind toward 
that center e 

To think, with feeling, of the finer forces 
of mind during this process will produce 
immediate results- 

The practice of "sleeping over" difficult 
problems before definite decisions are made 
is a practice of great value, especially when 
the subconscious is properly directed in 
the matter, because the subconscious can 
'turn things over' 5 more completely during 
sleep than during the waking state. 



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To secure the best results hold clearly 
and serenely in mind the elements involved 
in the problem just as you are going to 
sleep and desire deeply, but without anxiety, 
to receive the correct answer upon awaken- 
ingc 

The higher and the clearer the concep- 
tion that is formed of the problem during 
the waking state the more readily can the 
subconscious work it out during sleep. 
The same is true in the various ideas that 
are formed during the day and that are 
taken into the great within either at sleep 
or during waking states of deep feeling. 

It is therefore extremely important to 
form the highest possible conception of 
everything that we think of during the 
day, and whatever attracts our attention 
should be considered from the very highest 
point of view. 

Live in the upper story of mind and give 
soul to all your thought; you will thereby 
form ideas with real quality and worth, 
and as those ideas are taken into the sub- 
conscious during sleep they will cause 
greater quality and worth to be developed 
in youc 

No person can afford to take a com- 
monplace view of anything, nor to indulge 
in cheap thinking at any time; to do so is 
to place inferior seeds in the garden of the 
mind. 



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There are days when the average person 
feels as if he amounted to practically 
nothing; his personality lacks energy and 
his mind is dull, stupid and confused. 
Cheap, superficial thinking a day or two 
before is the cause. 

Give inferior ideas to the subconscious, 
and the subconscious will, in the near 
future, not only cause you to feel incompe- 
tent and inferior, but your mind will tem- 
porarily be placed in a state where it ac- 
tually becomes incompetent and inferior. 

To produce worthy ideas it is not neces- 
sary to always continue in profound or 
serious states of mind; the thought of 
worth is the thought that mind creates 
while attention dwells in the life of quality 
and soul, and while consciousness is thor- 
oughly permeated with the desire to realize 
quality and soul in everything. 

Such thinking can be taken into all 
thought and all life, even into every 
pleasure. 

To try to enjoy pleasures while mind 
skims over the surface of life and thought 
is to fail to receive the joy that is joy, or 
the satisfaction that does satisfy; but when 
pleasures are entered into with the feeling 
of quality and finer life, even the simplest 
of joys become founts of supreme joy. 

Everything that we thoroughly enjoy 
we impress upon the subconscious; there- 



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tore, to enter into pleasure while mind is 
in the attitude of cheapness or inferiority 
is a mistake to be avoided under every 
circumstance e 

However, our pleasures may be used as 
channels through which the subconscious 
may be impressed and directed along lines 
of superior attainment, and pleasures that 
are employed in this manner will invariably 
give the greatest, the most satisfying and 
the most wholesome joy of all joys. 




|HE entire human personality 
is being constantly renewed; 
there is nothing about mind 
or body that can possibly 
become old, except the appear- 
ance, and the appearance of age is caused 
by a wrong subconscious process. 

The process of perpetual renewal is 
carried on by the subconscious, but it is 
what the conscious mind gives to the sub- 
conscious that determines both the quality 
and the appearance of the personality. 

To constantly give the subconscious 
better ideas, better desires, better thoughts 
and better mental states is to cause the 
improvement of character, mentality and 
personality to become perpetual. 

To provide better aaterial for the sub- 
conscious, the conscious mind, before going 
to sleep, should eliminate everything but 
those ideas, thoughts and desires that have 
quality and worth, and every effort should 
be made during the waking state to form 
the most superior ideas possible on every 
subject with which the mind may come in 
contact. 

Never go to sleep discouraged, nor with 
the thought of failure in mind. To fear 
failure while going to sleep is to impress 



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the subconscious with the idea of failure, 
and the subconscious will respond by 
producing conditions in the system that are 
failures; the system will, consequently, 
fail to be its best, and will lose ground, 
more and more, until real failure takes 
place. 

To go to sleep discouraged, disappointed, 
worried or depressed, is to impress the 
subconscious with weakening tendencies; 
these will cause the subconscious to 
express conditions of weakness in every 
faculty and in every part of mind or body. 

The tendency downward in any career 
originates invariably in depressed subcon- 
scious states, the majority of which are 
taken into the subconscious as the mind 
goes to sleep. 

Every tendency upward and onward 
toward higher attainments and greater 
achievements, originates in constructive 
subconscious states and it is possible for 
anyone to produce such states at will. 

By going to sleep with strong, clear ideas 
of health, harmony, power, advancement 
and success, clearly held in mind, the 
causes of those things will be formed in 
the subconscious and the effects will 
invariably appear in external life. Your 
health will at once begin to improve; more 
power will appear in mind and body; 
capacity will increase; all your talents and 



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faculties will be filled with the spirit of 
success, and will consequently, do far 
better work than ever before. 

To continue, for weeks and months, the 
practice of giving superior ideas of all 
kinds to the subconscious, upon going to 
sleep, will cause the character, the men- 
tality and the personality to improve to 
such an extent that, in comparison with 
your former self, you will actually become 
a superior being. 

When the subconscious is given some- 
thing special to do every night sleep will 
become more restful; the subconscious 
always works during sleep, but will work 
more orderly when given something definite 
to do. 

After the subconscious has been properly 
directed no anxiety should be felt as to 
results; perfect faith in the law, with that 
quiet assurance that knows, will give the 
law the proper conditions through which 
the desired results can be produced. 

When we go to sleep in states of discord 
the mental material becomes confused and 
incoherent mental formations are pro- 
duced; these are sometimes remembered 
as disagreeable dreams. 

All such formations are produced by 
confusion among the subconscious creative 
energies and indicate that the true state of 
sleep was not entered completely, also that 



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the subconscious was not properly im- 
pressed the night before. 

Orderly and coherent dreams may indi- 
cate what tendencies are at work in the 
subconscious and whether desirable or 
undesirable conditions are being formed, 
because a dream is always a partial mem- 
ory of what is taking place in the subcon- 
scious. 

By noting this fact, undesirable condi- 
tions may be counteracted and removed 
before they advance sufficiently to produce 
tangible results. 

An undesirable dream should always 
be counteracted at once by impressing the 
opposite, desirable conditions and qualities 
upon the subconscious; tendencies, how- 
ever, that are indicated in good dreams, 
should be given added power. This can 
be done by directing the subconscious to 
work more thoroughly for the promotion 
of the greater good <*?. hand. 

Every good dream is a prophecy; that is, 
it indicates what the subconscious can do, 
what it is ready to do, or what it is about 
to do along certain lines, and this prophecy 
can be made to come true by directing the 
subconscious to proceed along those lines 
with greater power and determination than 
ever before. 

These directions should be given to the 
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during the waking state, as well as before 
going to sleep. 

Every desirable indication among the 
greater, interior life forces, whether it be 
discovered through dreams or intuition, 
should be taken advantage of at once, and 
all the forces of mind should be concen- 
trated upon the goal that the vision has 
placed within reach; a successful termi- 
nation will invariably be the result; the 
dream will come true, the prophecy will be 
fulfilled, the ideal will be realized. 




JHE subconscious mind is not 
a second mind; to think so is 
to place an artificial barrier 
between the outer person and 
the limitless within. There is 
but one mind; the outer phase is the con- 
scious or the objective; the inner phase is 
the subconscious or the subjective. 

The subconscious is within the con- 
scious, and, being unlimited, both in power 
and in possibilities, is appropriately termed 
the great within. 

To awaken the great within is to bring 
into action the powers and the possibilities 
that are latent in the subconscious, and 
since the powers of the within are limit- 
less, and its possibilities numberless, this 
awakening may be promoted indefinitely, 
increasing without end the worth and the 
greatness of man. 

The awakening of the great within is 
promoted directly through a perpetual 
increase of conscious action upon the sub- 
conscious, and the power of the conscious 
mind to act upon the subconscious will 
increase in proportion to the practical use 
that is made of every added expression that 
appears from the within. 

The fact that the within is limitless, and 



the fact that the greatness of the within 
can be brought forth into expression in 
greater and greater measure through the 
proper action of the conscious mind upon 
the subconscious proves conclusively that 
man may become as great as he may 
desire to be, and that his ability, his talent 
and his genius may be developed, not only 
to a most remarkable degree, but to any 
degree. 

Personally, each person is only as much 
as he has, consciously or unconsciously, 
directed the subconscious to produce, and 
he will remain what he is so long as he 
does not direct the subconscious to produce 
more; but he may become more, as much 
more as his highest aspiration can picture, 
by awakening the great within. 

To train the conscious mind to act upon 
the subconscious with the greatest efficiency, 
a clear idea of how the two phases of 
mind are related to each other becomes 
necessary, and this idea is readily under- 
stood when we realize that mind is an 
immense sea of soul forces, all of which 
move in circles and spirals. 

The circumference of each circle is acted 
upon by the conscious ego during the 
waking state, therefore, the sum total of 
all the circumferences of all the mental 
circles may be termed the outer mind, the 



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objective mind, the conscious mind, the 
wide-awake mind. 

During sleep the conscious ego with- 
draws from the circumference of the mental 
circles and enters the mental field within; 
that is, the subconscious. 

While the mind is in a state of deep 
feeling the conscious ego acts partly upon 
the conscious side of mind and partly upon 
the subconscious; it is possible, therefore, 
while in that state, to impress upon the 
subconscious what we think or feel in the 
conscious. 

To secure the best and the largest re- 
sults from every mental action the con- 
scious ego should, during the waking state, 
act constantly both upon the conscious and 
the subconscious. To be in constant 
touch with the limitless powers of the 
within will add remarkably to the capacity 
as well as the quality of the faculties that 
may be in use, and every conscious desire 
will enter the subconscious at once, so 
that an immediate response may be se- 
cured, if required. 

The strong mind is the mind that is in 
such close touch with the great within that 
the limitless powers of the within can be 
felt at any time. 

The capacity of such a mind will be 
practically unbounded; weariness will be 
absent; mental brilliancy will ever be on 



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the increase, and instead of going down 
with the years, as the average mind does, 
such a mind will steadily advance in 
higher attainments and greater achieve- 
ments the longer the person may live. 

The mind that has presence of mind at 
all times, and under all circumstances, is 
in perfect touch with the subconscious. 
In fact, if the subconscious is impressed 
every day, or better still, several times a 
day, to guide the outer mind so perfectly 
that the right step will always be taken at 
the right time, the conscious mind will 
intuitively know what to do to secure the 
best results from every circumstance, action 
or event. 

When the powers of the subconscious 
are realized one's ideas will become much 
higher than before, and there will be a 
tendency to form ideals that cannot be 
realized with present states of develop- 
ment, but since the proper direction of the 
subconscious can promote development to 
any degree desired, it is not justice to self 
to remain content with the lesser while the 
greater is in view. 

However, no desire should be entertained 
that cannot be fulfilled through the com- 
plete application of present ability, nor 
should present demands go beyond what 
present capacity is known to be. 

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the capacity, then desire what the increased 
capacity has the power to fulfill. 

The small mind must not desire the 
realization of ideals that the great mind 
alone can possibly make real; such a 
course would be a waste of time; it would 
be schooling oneself to desire only what 
cannot be secured, while doing nothing to 
so increase one's power that the object in 
view could easily be secured. 

The subconscious can make the small 
mind great, as great as may be necessary 
to realize any ideal, but greatness does not 
come from dreaming about the ideal, nor 
from concentrating upon that which is 
beyond our present capacity to produce. 

Develop greatness by awakening the great 
within, and that power that can produce 
anything and realize anything will be gained. 

Development is gradual and does not 
simply consist in the unfoldment of added 
power and capacity, but also in the full 
tangible use of that power and capacity. 

To proceed orderly toward greatness 
direct the subconscious to express what 
may be necessary to take the next step 
forward ; concentrate all the forces of mind 
upon that step, and do not scatter mind 
over realms and spheres that are beyond 
that step ; do now what you are doing now, 
and be satisfied to realize what can be 
realized now. 



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Proceed with the second step in the 
same way and, likewise, with the in- 
numerable steps that are to follow. 

This is true progress; it is concentrating 
the whole of attention upon the present 
advancement, and there is no other ad- 
vancement. To move forward we must 
advance in the present, and in the present 
only. 

To move forward now is the purpose, 
and he who continues to move forward 
now will reach any goal he may have in 
view. 

The subconscious should, therefore, be 
directed to turn all its superior powers 
upon the present forward movement and 
should be daily impressed to desire, not 
the ideals of the distant future, but the 
ideals that can be realized to-day. 

This forward movement, however, should 
not be confined to any one phase of exist- 
ence; all things in the physical, the meta- 
physical and the spiritual nature of man 
should be developed simultaneously and 
perpetually. 

It is the greatness of everything in man 
that gives man the greatness that is great- 
ness, and the perpetual awakening of the 
great within will produce this greatness, 
because to the powers and the possibilities 
of the great within there is no limit, neither 
is there any end. 



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